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Citation: Evisceration area: at 1449 &nbsp;hours
while performing a finished product standards verification on line #
on the seventh bird out of 10 randomly selected birds, I observed
approximately ¼ inch of fecal material in three separate droplets on
the inside left vent flap. The fecal material was brown in color and
pasty in consistency. Since there was no plant employee between the
pre-chill station and the chillers, it is reasonable to conclude
that the contaminated carcass would have entered the chilling
system. HACCP checker Miss was immediately notified as well as Team
leader Mrs. and maintenance of the failure to meet the requirements
of poultry regulations 417.2(c) (4) and 381.65(e) which requires no
visible fecal material to enter the chilling system. Corrective
actions were immediately implemented and shipping was stopped as per
the plant's HACCP plan for CCP # 1. A review of the establishment's
zero tolerance logs for CCP # 1 dated 7/9/2012 revealed that the
last acceptable check was performed at 1422 hours with a
quantifiable value of 0/10 and initialed The affected bird was
condemned. The root cause was the probes on the inside / outside
bird washer were not going into every bird, do to straight nozzles
being used instead of fan nozzles. The water pressure was turned
down on the outside of carcasses to increase the water pressure on
the inside of carcass. Plant’s further planned action was the
straight nozzles were replaced with fan nozzlels during the second
half hour break, until then an associate was placed at the end of
the evisceration line to check every bird for fecal material.
Shipping was released at 1635 hours. s a result of the deviation, I
verified that the corrective actions were compliant with 9 CFR
417.3(a). I also verified that all requirements at all CCP’s for
that specific lot were performed and found to be acceptable
including the pre-shipment review. &nbsp;Ms. Plant manager is being
notified through this noncompliance record of the plant's failure to
meet regulatory requirements of 9 CFR 417.2(c) and 9 CFR 381.65(e).
This document serves as written notification that continued failure
to meet regulatory requirements could result in additional
regulatory action(s) as described in 9 CFR 500.4